Wind Power in View (eBook)

Energy Landscapes in a Crowded World

Paul Gipe, Martin Pasqualetti, Robert Righter (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2002 | 1. Auflage
248 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-052103-9 (ISBN)

Infos

More than ever, travelers are encountering a different sort of landscape, one not only of nature but of technology. Wind Power in View is the first authoritative discourse on the aesthetic impact of wind turbines on the landscape and what can be done about it. It is a detailed and thoroughly illustrated discussion of the issue from several different perspectives. The book also provides an overview of the status of wind energy at the dawn of the new millennium, examines some of the ongoing battles, and offers guidelines on minimizing its visual impact.

Taking examples from the United States, Germany, Denmark, Great Britain, and Sweden, Wind Power in View is the first book to tackle the thorny land use questions raised by wind energy's hard won respectability. What will be the future of wind energy? Will it be welcomed as savior, or will it be opposed as a new-age intrusion on open space and landscape preservation? These 11 essays, international in nature and written by objective experts, address landscape issues in creative, original ways.

International focus, with examples from Germany, Denmark, Great Britain, Sweden and the United States
The first book to tackle land use questions raised by wind energy's hard won respectability
Addresses landscape issues in creative, original ways

Inhalt

Cover 1
Contents 6
Acknowledgments 12
Part I: Introduction 14
Chapter 0. A Landscape of Power 16
Part II: Wind Power on the Land 30
Chapter 1. Exoskeletal Outer-Space Creations 32
The Need for Wind Energy 36
Opposition to Wind Turbines 37
Origins of Opposition 37
Definitions of Landscape 41
How to Increase Public Acceptance 43
Views of Turbine Placement and Design 45
Wind Turbines as Art 46
Beauty and Architectural Beasts 47
Keep Them Turning 48
The Public is Forgiving 49
The Power of Dedicated Opponents 49
A Word for the Industry 50
Chapter 2. Wind Power and English Landscape Identity 56
The Path to Failure or the Road to Success? 58
The Role of the Artist 59
The Future Landscape Symposium 59
The Artist as Facilitator 62
Landscape and Countryside 63
Chocolate-Box Images 63
Countryside 64
The Artist's Role in Wind Projects 65
The Consultative Process 66
Establishing a Sustainable Aesthetic for Wind Farms 67
Where Do Our Aesthetic Processes Operate? 68
The Immovable Arguments of NIMBYism 68
The Wind Industry's Dilemma (and Challenge) 69
Conclusions for a Future Strategy 70
Chapter 3. The Wind in One’s Sails: A Philosophy 72
Paradox # 1 73
Paradox # 2 73
Paradox # 3 73
Ways of Resolution 74
The Notions of Natural Beauty and Scenery 76
Things and Devices 80
An Alien Architectural Arrival 83
An Argument for Local Control 84
The Importance of Place and History 85
Two Directions 86
A Modest Proposal 86
A Pluralistic Approach Toward Creative Designs 88
Part III: Wind Power in Northern Europe 94
Chapter 4. Wind Landscapes in the German Milieu 96
The Basic Question 98
Landscape and Landscape Values 100
The Position of the BLS 103
The Example of Landscapes with Expressways 104
Improving Public Acceptance of Wind Energy Installations 106
Citizen Participation 107
Investment and Financing 108
Opening with "Bier, Wind, and Würstchen" 109
Summary 110
Chapter 5. Society and Wind Power in Sweden 114
Wind Power's Predicament 114
The Concept of Landscape 116
Reactions to Wind Power Landscapes 118
Public Involvement 119
Timing and Visualizations 121
Setting Standards 122
A Model for Agreement 124
The Simple Truth 125
Chapter 6. A Formula for Success in Denmark 128
Visual Order 132
Offshore Wind Farms 132
Modern Wind Turbine Design 138
Patterns of Ownership 140
Acceptance of the Danish Wind Turbine Landscape 143
Chapter 7. Landscape and Policy in the North Sea Marshes 146
A Controversial Policy 146
A False Solution to Environmental Guilt 149
Reasons for Landscape Protection and Planning 151
Evaluation of Turbine Placement in Northern Germany 152
Landscape Perceptions 153
Wind Energy and Visible Policy Choices 157
Part IV: Working with the Wind 164
Chapter 8. Living with Wind Power in a Hostile Landscape 166
A Paradox of Power 167
A Notch in the Mountains 169
Landscape Laboratory 171
A Landscape Changed 172
The Response 174
The Evolving Public Perception of Wind Landscapes 175
The Cultural Landscape of Wind 176
A Reversible Landscape 179
The Future of Wind Power 180
Chapter 9. Design as if People Matter: Aesthetic Guidelines for a Wind Power Future 186
Why Design for Aesthetics? 189
Wind Energy and Acceptance 190
What We Can Do 193
To Summarize: Be a Good Neighbor 222
Part V: Afterword 226
Chapter 10. A View from Lake Como 228
Author Biographies 236
Brief Reading List 240
Index 242

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.3.2002
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• ISBN-10: 0-08-052103-7 / 0080521037
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-052103-9 / 9780080521039